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Wordpress will force you to switch to HTTPS

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    Wordpress will force you to switch to HTTPS

    Recently Wordpress has announced that in early 2017 the company is planning to change certain features obligating websites to have HTTPS. I found more info here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/upcoming-wordpress-features-will-require-hosts-to-support-https/

    This doesn't mean you won't be able to use Wordpress anymore without an HTTPS but it will mean certain features like API authentication will be available only for HTTPS websites.

    So there you have it, another blow for people wanting to use plain old HTTP websites. First Google pushed this idea of "forcing" websites to migrate to HTTPS now Wordpress does the same. Even if you are a content creator, in a few years you will be forced to switch to HTTPS is you want to stay relevant both from a new features point of view but also from a ranking point of view.

    Getting an HTTPS nowadays is not really difficult, there are plenty of free ways you can earn an HTTPS and also migrate everything from HTTP to HTTPS.

    #Https #Google #Wordpress Web Hosting & Server
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    clerkboy3

    clerkboy3

    But is that bad in your opinion?
    Why? Is it too much security concerns that are not needed?
    8 years ago
    1969-12-31T19:00:00-0500

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    CryptoGuru

    CryptoGuru

    This is a great thing and i think that all sites should be https especially if they deal with sensitive information. I think its been a long time coming and this is just the beginning of the security measures that will be taken in the future. The internet has come a long way from html to html 5 http to https protocol. We need to have some sort of regulation put in place that says websites that do not have https cannot handle credit card information or personal information of any kind. It will force everyone to switch over making the internet a safer more secure place to be.

    What reasons do people have to not switch? I am glad that word press is doing this but the entire internet should do this. You mentioned that it costs almost nothing or even nothing to do this. It should be a requirement the same way its a requirement to have a license to run a business. I think this is a very positive thing and im glad you shared this so everyone knows that wordpress has just got more secure.
    8 years ago
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    Lynne

    Lynne

    Hi Cristian. I wonder what impact this will have on scam websites? Perhaps this will cut down on the amount of online scams if there is more of a verification process? If this is the case then I am more than happy for this change.

    There are way too many people that are being conned online on a daily basis, plus something I am starting to see is that these scam artists just do the same thing over and over again. They set up one scam website and as soon as the heat gets too much they shut it down and immediately there is another scam, exactly the same up just with a different name. I find it very upsetting!
    8 years ago
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    overcast

    overcast

    I have moved most of my personal domains to the WordPress already. So that's one thing I want to keep continuing so far. I don't think there is going to be any harm in not keeping HTTP. But it's better to follow when google itself is working on those things. That surely helps in such context.
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